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Here is a story you might not expect to read in this blog, but it was too good not to mention. Newser posted a story about the remarkable tale about three cows that were swept out to sea from North Carolina’s Cedar Island in the 2019 Hurricane Dorian and found, much to everyone’s surprise, weeks…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that nearly all of the region will receive less than 1/2 inch of precipitation this week. The highest amounts will be in the Appalachians and the Florida peninsula. There will be a storm developing off the East Coast by mid-week, but most of the rain from that storm will…
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A new study by scientists in the United Kingdom shows that more frequent extremes of weather during the growing season is causing it to be more difficult to grow wheat than in previous decades, according to a story in Meteorological Technology International this week. In the past, wheat crops were fairly resilient to an extreme…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina has posted their latest seasonal update on their blog. It contains some additional analysis that I did not put in my blog post yesterday that you might find helpful. Even though it is geared for North Carolina, a lot of the information is generally correct for the Southeast…
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The December through February winter climate outlook was released by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center today. It shows a pattern that we typically see in La Nina winters, with warmer and drier than normal conditions expected across large parts of the Southeast. This is likely to lead to an expansion of drought over the winter, although…
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The latest Drought Monitor map, released this morning, shows that drought conditions have decreased slightly across the region over the last week. The biggest improvements are in the areas where the remnants of TS Nicole brought heavy rain to the region but every state saw some improvement. Most of the region should see little rainfall…
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Measuring the impacts of a single extreme weather event can be difficult. Extension agents in Florida have an even tougher job since they are assessing delayed impacts from a frost last spring plus both Hurricanes Ian and Nicole, some of which ran over the same area. If an area was already impacted by one event…